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Assunta Krehl

Nuit Blanche 2011 Toronto - Blog TO - September 29, 2011 - 1 views

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events Nuit Blanche Toronto

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  • Assunta Krehl on 04 Oct 11
     
    Nuit Blanche will be held in Toronto starting October 1st, 2011. L'écho-l'eau - Richard Purdy exhibit will be at the MaRS Discovery District.
Assunta Krehl

The Next 36's Venture Day: Eight Student-Backed Start-ups ask Venture Capitalists for F... - 0 views

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Next 36 events ICE advisors mark zimmerman entrepreneurship mobile

shared by Assunta Krehl on 31 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Assunta Krehl on 31 Aug 11
     
    The Next 36 is Canada's Entrepreneurial Initiative. According to Mark Zimmerman, MaRS' Senior ICE Advisor, "the Next 36 is a student spin off of the provincially and corporately backed MaRS Centre for Innovation, if you will, which backs over 1200 startups, 140 of which are mobile."
Assunta Krehl

Five buzz-worthy 2011 Nuit Blanche exhibits - Blog TO - August 18, 2011 - 0 views

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  • Assunta Krehl on 31 Aug 11
     
    "Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is taking place Oct 1, 2011 and it  will include "Stepping back 100 years in time at the MaRS Building for Richard Purdy's interactive L'echo-l'eau log run."
Assunta Krehl

Meet with ten potential investors in one day at the CIX Top 20 event - Techvibes.com - ... - 0 views

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Canadian Innovation Exchange CIX technology MaRS awards & competitions events

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  • Assunta Krehl on 08 Sep 11
     
    On September 1st, 2011, Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) kicked-off their national search for Canada's Top 20 hottest innovative technology start-ups.Canadian startups have until October 14th to submit their applications to the CIX Top 20. The competition will take place on December 1st at the MaRS Centre.
Assunta Krehl

MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 Series: Week 1 - Techvibes - 0 views

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Entrepreneurship 101

shared by Assunta Krehl on 14 Oct 09 - Cached
  • MaRS Centre in Toronto runs a free entrepreneurship program from Sept to April called "Entrepreneurship 101" designed to teach those in the local scientific community the ins and outs of getting started with a business. Over the course of the program they cover topics ranging from how to write a business plan to protecting your intellectual property and get various prominent speakers to share their experiences as well. Classes are held 5:30pm to 6:30pm on Wednesdays, at the MaRS Centre (located in downtown Toronto). If you are in town, this is a great opportunity to learn. It is also completely free to attend - all you gotta do is sign up and show up and by the end of it, you'd be fairly well acquainted with the tools and knowledge you need to start your own hi-tech business, which is what the government and the folks behind MaRS Center want at the end of the day. MaRS is also making available full recordings of each of its classes online, which Techvibes would be posting on a weekly basis so you can still learn from the program if distance is an issue.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Oct 09
     
    MaRS Centre in Toronto runs a free entrepreneurship program from Sept to April called "Entrepreneurship 101" every Wednesday from 5:30-6:30pm. MaRS is also making available full recordings of each of its classes online, which Techvibes would be posting on a weekly basis so you can still learn from the program if distance is an issue. Oct 13, 2009
Cathy Bogaart

Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns - frogloop Hom... - 0 views

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web ICT Tools social media

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 26 Oct 09
     
    Find out the "cost per friend" or "cost per email name" to compare with the costs of recruiting people elsewhere.
Assunta Krehl

Synthetic Biology: What Do You Mean? - The Daily Scan - 0 views

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healthcare & life sciences Genetics

shared by Assunta Krehl on 02 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Assunta Krehl on 02 Nov 09
     
    Genome Alberta's Mike Spear was at the MaRS Centre symposium on synthetic biology. Oct 28, 2009
Cathy Bogaart

What's Thwarting American Innovation? Too Much Science, Says Roger Martin | Design of t... - 0 views

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innovation science creativity design

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 06 Nov 09
     
    "The enemy of innovation is the phrase 'prove it'," says Roger Martin, dean of UofT's Rotman School of Management. He says corporations are killing themselves with too much analytical thinking, and not enough creative, design thinking. "You can't send a 28-year-old with a calculator to solve your problem." Martin says of management consultants.
Assunta Krehl

Engineering the Future with Synthetic Biology - Genome Alberta Education - 0 views

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genetics healthcare & life sciences Engineering the Future: Synthetic Biology

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  • Assunta Krehl on 02 Nov 09
     
    Synthetic Biology is a new approach to engineering biology, with an emphasis on technologies to write DNA. Mike Spear shares his views after attending the event on Engineering the Future: Synthetic Biology. Oct 27, 2009
Assunta Krehl

The Torontonians: George Smitherman's improvement doctrine -National Post - 0 views

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  • Assunta Krehl on 25 Nov 09
     
    Mr. Smitherman resigns as Deputy Minister and the National Post looks at what he is doing now. Mention of Mr. Smitherman making a speech two months ago to construction industry leaders at MaRS, across from Queen's Park. Nov 20, 2009
Cathy Bogaart

Brainstorming new business ideas - Ministry of Research and Innovation - April 8, 2011 - 0 views

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cognovision ict startup basics strategy

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 08 Apr 11
     
    Haroon Mirza talks about the beginning of Cognovision: How they identified & pursued their business idea. Cognivision was a MaRS client before they were purchased by Intel last year.
Cathy Bogaart

Toronto's Pushlife acquired by Google for $25 Million - Techvibes.com - 1 views

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pushlife clients ict mobile

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 11 Apr 11
     
    MaRS client and Toronto mobile start-up, PushLife, has been acquired by Google.
Cathy Bogaart

A Better Way to Teach Math - NYTimes, April 18, 2011 - 0 views

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JUMPMath clients social innovation eduation

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 20 Apr 11
     
    David Bornstein writes in the New York Times about JUMP Math's unique curriculum. In the article: proof that there's a better way to teach math! JUMP Math is a MaRS client, founded by John Mighton, and a nonprofit organization.
Miri Katz

How The Private Sector Can Drive Social Innovation - CIO Central - CIO Network - Forbes - 0 views

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social innovation social collaboration CSR corporate citizenship

shared by Miri Katz on 29 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • How The Private Sector Can Drive Social Innovation
  • Out of the 100 largest economies in the world, about half are multinational corporations. Given their impact on global communities, it is becoming increasingly essential that these large corporations execute responsibility to society, rather than rely on governments and non-profits to address difficult social issues alone.
  • oday, the world’s largest companies are in a unique position to play a much greater role in driving social change than ever before.
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  • Aside from pure monetary donations, however, is a new model that is transforming corporate philanthropy.
  • Increasingly, corporations are turning to a shared value model, in which companies work in alignment with society rather than against it, producing mutual benefits to both the community and the corporation
  • It evolves the traditional model of financial and material goods donations, to one in which corporations leverage a range of corporate assets including employee skills, business acumen and partner networks, to drive social change.
  • Here’s the shift: Instead of viewing it as our responsibility to drive business and social value, view it also a valuable opportunity to rethink existing practices.
  • The business case for social innovation
  • there are a variety of benefits for an organization, from brand building, to staff retention, and even improved client stickiness. Shareholders and the investment community are also increasingly considering corporate responsibility when making investment decisions.
  • collaborations can drive innovation through necessity. Non-profits work in extreme environments, faced with limited infrastructure, connectivity and staff. Operating in these situations exposes corporate staff to new sets of customer challenges, which can often deliver innovations in product design or services into the business.
  • by working with a non-profit organization, a corporation can demonstrate its expertise to a new audience, expanding its business network.
  • Increasingly, investors weigh environmental, social and governance  data when making investment decisions. While such data has been a benchmark for European-based companies for some time, we are now seeing a more global adoption and interest in this, which should be another forcing function for more corporations to act as good corporate citizens.
  • Applying social innovation in practic
  • A good starting point is to assess the company’s available skills, expertise, partnerships against the touch-points the company currently has within a given community. From there, establish specific goals to achieve and a strategic plan to meet those goals.
  • Companies that have an expertise in technology, for example, can collaborate with non-profits or social entrepreneurs to provide the infrastructure backbone that turn their ideas into reality. With the social enterprise mPedigree Network, HP leveraged its technology expertise in cloud-based services to design and build an anti-drug counterfeiting service in Africa. Counterfeit medicine is a significant problem in developing countries, causing more than 700,000 deaths each year. The new service helps save lives by enabling patients to validate the integrity of their medicine by sending a free text message.
  • Gabi Zedlmayer is Vice President of Hewlett-Packard’s Office of Global Social Innovation.
  • Miri Katz on 29 Jun 11
     
    Out of the 100 largest economies in the world, about half are multinational corporations. Given their impact on global communities, it is increasingly essential that these large corporations execute responsibility to society, rather than rely on governments and non-profits to address difficult social issues alone
Assunta Krehl

Sparks Street with a roof: Why not? - 0 views

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  • Assunta Krehl on 22 Oct 11
     
    Peter Raaymakers from Open File states that "Sparks Street Mall benefit from some kind of enclosure ... old buildings covered by glass roofs would help preserve the facades ... one example of this is the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto).
Assunta Krehl

MaRS opens a new home for Toronto startups - Techvibes.com - October 28, 2011 - 0 views

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ICE MaRS Commons MaRS entrepreneur

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  • Assunta Krehl on 29 Oct 11
     
    "The Information technology, Communications and Entertainment (ICE) practice at MaRS announces a new home for the most promising emerging companies, the MaRS Commons. The MaRS Commons provides both a physical space and a community that supports entrepreneurs in growing successful global businesses."
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